Photographer sentenced for Mills assault

A photographer convicted of assaulting Heather Mills while trying to take her picture has been spared jail.

Jay Kaycappa, from Fareham, Hampshire, approached Paul McCartney's estranged wife in a subway in Brighton on July 5 last year.

He was given a 140-hour community order by the town's magistrates after being found guilty at a hearing last month. He was also convicted of assaulting her friend Mark Payne on July 6.

The court had heard that Kaycappa grabbed Mills's shoulder and tried to swing her around in an attempt to take her photograph.

The father-of-three, 32, was also ordered to pay her £100 and Mr Payne £50, as well as costs of £1,000.

Chairwoman of the bench Juliet Smith said: "In both incidents, you demonstrated persistence that in fact we consider to be beyond an acceptable level. However, your actions have not caused any injury."